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		consilient on Sept 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Socialism? (1949) In practice "Communism" means Leninism and its descendants, or occasionally revolutionary Marxism in general. No one reasonable would ever use it to refer to the likes of Olof Palme.

waihtis on Sept 7, 2023 [–]

Olof Palme would've been a communist had the Overton window been in a suitable place during his reign

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